Following the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, Catholics around the country have been organizing prayerful demonstrations for immigration justice.
Edward Desciak
Edward Desciak is an O'Hare Fellow at America Media.
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A rich influencer told his fans to stop giving him money and to donate to charity instead. What can we learn from him?
On the same day Pope Leo’s exhortation on caring for the poor was released, a content creator at the center of internet culture provided an unwitting example of the pope’s desired shift.
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Caribbean bishops raise concern over Trump’s military buildup in the region
“The presence of warships and the disruption of marine livelihoods within our Caribbean waters represent real and immediate threats to regional stability and to the welfare of our nations,” the region’s bishops said.
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Catholics witness ‘man-made’ disaster for migrants at ICE detention center in Newark
Bishops, nuns and lay activists came together in an act of solidarity with the migrants currently enduring the Trump administration’s immigration roundup.
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Pope Leo ice blessing sets off social media meltdown
Holy water is a pretty regular feature at Catholic churches, so why were some commentators on social media in an uproar over Pope Leo’s blessing of ice removed from a Greenland glacier?
Posted inFaith in Focus
How my priest cousin helped me become a more engaged Catholic
The first time I joined the Peckville virtual congregation, and my cousin Andy was livestreamed into our living room, I felt something akin to what relatives of Hollywood celebrities must feel.
Posted inPoetry
Poetry review: Lyric wonder, again and again
In this year’s poetry roundup, some of the poets whose collections we discuss are Catholic, some are not. But regardless of their religious commitments, wonder shows up in these poets’ work again and again.
Posted inScripture Reflections
The gift of my grandmother and our shared birthday week
A Reflection for Thursday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time, by Edward Desciak
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A Catholic health nonprofit in Harlem prepares for an ICE crackdown
“The fear has been very great in our community,” Lucia Aguilar, L.S.A.’s director of family support services, said. The agency offers online resources for people with irregular residency to prepare for an encounter with ICE. “We want our families to be ready for the worst-case scenario.”
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NYC choir performs at the Vatican for Pope Leo—in his own words
“It was truly a spiritual moment unlike anything I have experienced before,” Joey Chancey, the director of music for the Church of St. Paul the Apostle in New York City, said.